Hat and sweatband or leather to be used therefor



c. HAHLO.

HAT AND SWEATBAND OR LEATHER TO. BE USED THEREFOR. APPLICATION FILED IULY27. 1915.

1,359,502, H mm Nov. 23, 1920.

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CHARLES HAHLO, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND.

HAT AND SWEATBAND 0R LEATHER TO BE USED THEREFOR.

Application filed July 27,

lify invention relates to improvements in the construction and formation of sweatbands or leathers for hats and has for its object to provide means for increased ventilation to the head of the wearer greater and better facilities for fitting and increased gripping power to the head In order that my invention may be more fully understood 1 append hereto the following drawings, in which like letters of reference refer to the same parts in each drawing, igures l to 4% inclusive.

Fig. 1 is a plan of a hat interior showing the sweatband turned outward at one por tion to show the arrangement and disposi tion of the ventilation perforations.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of a hat showing the sweatband and perforated ventilation strip in position. also the annular air space between the sweatband and the hat body interior.

Fig. 3 is a plan of part of the back int-e rior portion of a hat tilted. up in perspective showing the perforated. ventilation strip stitching edges where it is secured to the hat body and to the sweatband, it also shows the ventilation perforations in the ventilation strip.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of the brim body and crown of a hat, showing the method of ventilating the interior of the hat.

To carry out my improvements. l attach by suitable means to the bottom inner side of the sweatband b and 5 between the sweatband and the hat body d, a strip of dyed or un-dyed leather o the upper edge being secured to the sweatband at e and the lower bell shaped edge 0 forming a stitching edge is secured to the hat body 03 by means of the usual fabric or stitching tape 0 attached thereto; midway between the stitching edge 0 and the lower edge of the sweatband 7) and extending around the whole circumferential or annular surface of the strip of leather a, a chain of perforations or air passages e are provided through Specification of Letters Patent. Patg11ted N 25 1920 1915. Serial m. 42,232.

which cool air may pass into an air annulus 7 7, formed between the hat body 01 and the sweatband Z). This air annulus extends around and etwccn the entire inner circuinference of the hat body (Z and he sweatband b, and is formed by ineans or a suitably increased thickening up of the per-- forated ventilation strip a at or near its upper extremity at a where secured to the ,weatband a next the hat body; this vein tilation strip a is preferably made in a bell shaped form below the sweatband F) in order that the stitching edge 0 may form its maximum circumference, the annular ring of air passages or perforations 6 form its mean, and the upper edge or surface at 79 where secured to the sweathand, may form such a suitable minimum circumference as to provide and form the requisite air an nulus or ventilating passage 7 when attached to the sweatband in the manner shown; suitable and ample perforations are provided to admit a full and free flow of cool air into the annulus and thence to the hat crown 9. Greater and better facili ties for fitting are provided by means of the air annulus f 7, due to its easy yielding properties under pressure applied to the sweatband b when pressed in contact with the head of the wearer; by this easy yield ing cushion like surface imparted to the sweatband, a general and complete contact with the head of the wearer is secured. The increased gripping power of the sweatband b is obtained by means of. the readiness and, freedom with which the sweatband Z) establishes a rapid and entire contact with the head, as the air cushioned surface of the sweatband offers no local surfacepoints of resistance when pressed upon the head, thus, a general and firm grip is easily obtained by the sweatband when the hat is pressed into position on the head of the wearer; at the same time the free, full flow of cool air through the whole chain of the perforations e in the ventilation strip a to the annulus f f and to the hat crown g is in no way thereby impeded or impaired. The passage or flow of ventilation air is ii dicated on the drawings by means of an rows.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invent on and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what my claim is 1. In a device of the character described a hat body having a brim, a flexible sweat band within the body in spaced relation with the same with its lower edge above the plane of'the hat brim, in combination with a flexible bell-shaped strip of leather secured at its outwardly flared lower edge portion to the hat body at the juncture of the same with the brim, the upper portion of the said leather strip being extended vertically and thickened. for attachment to the inside of the sweat band and provided with an annular space or air annulus between the sweat band and the hat body, and the inter mediate portion of the leather strip below the lower edge of the sweat band being providecl with a plurality of perforations forming air passages in. said bell-slia iied strip communicating with the said air annulus,

said leather strip yieldably supporting the sweat band in spaced relation with the hat body and adapted to yield with the same under pressure applied to the sweat band to conform to the head of the wearer.

2. In a hat, the combination of a hat body, a flexible strip of leather 0'5 bellshape formation stitched at its lower edsre to the inside brim of the hat body, said flexible strip of leather being provided. with perforations, and a sweat band secured to the upper edge of said leather and above the plane of attachment of the bell-shape leather to the hat body, said. sweat band being spaced apart from the inside wall oi the hat body to provide an air space.

CHARLES HAHLO. 

